Dr. Collin Ewald

CURRICULUM VITAE

•  PERSONAL INFORMATION

Family name, First names: Ewald, Collin Yvès

Spoken languages: English (fluent), German (native), French (basic)

Nationality: Swiss

Current employer: Novartis Biomedical Research

ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-1166-4171, Research ID: K-6303-2015, Google Scholar, Wikipedia

• EDUCATION

2011 Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Neuroscience, City University of New York, USA Ph.D. Supervisor: Chris Li

2008 Master of Philosophy, Biology, City University of New York, USA.

2007 Master of Science, Molecular Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland.

2005 Bachelor of Science, Molecular Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland.

2001 Matura in Mathematics, Gymnasium am Kirschgarten, Basel, Switzerland.

• CURRENT POSITIONS

2023- Associate Director of Diseases of Aging and Regenerative Medicine (DARe) at Novartis Biomedical Research

2023- Docent/Lecturer at ETH Zurich

• PREVIOUS POSITIONS

2023 Scientific Investigator and Professor at the University Department of Geriatric Medicine FELIX PLATTER

2016-2023 Assistant Professor (non-tenure track)

Institute of Translational Medicine/ Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich/ Switzerland.

• Led research team of 4 Ph.D. students and 3 postdocs, 1 Guest Professor, 17 Master Students / 2 Medical Students / 4 Bachelor Students / 3 High School Students.

• 54 peer-reviewed publications from my independent lab (last 7 years), and 43 (co-)corresponding PI (and/or last author)

• 1 patent granted

• Total 3rd Party funds raised (2016-2022): 3.5 million CHF

• Certified Good Clinical Practice GCP1-3, Animal experimentation license LTK1-2 (mice, rats), induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC; DRC Harvard Medical School)

• 10 Chair and 10 doctoral examinations (Ph.D. defenses)

• 5 keynote talks, 30 invited talks at international conferences (including WEF)

• 3 international and 4 national conferences co-organized

• >20 Interviews in newspapers, news media, and podcasts

2015 – 2016 Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA.

2015 – 2016 Visiting Scholar, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), USA.

2015 – 2016 Research Associate, Junior Faculty Member, Joslin Diabetes Center, USA.

2011 – 2014 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Medicine (with T. Keith Blackwell), Harvard Medical School, Joslin Diabetes Center, USA. 

2006 – 2011 Graduate Research Fellow in Neuroscience (with Chris Li), City University of New York, USA.

2005 – 2006 Master’s research Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI) for Biomedical Research (with Joy Alcedo and Nancy Hynes), University of Basel and part of the Novartis Research Foundation, Switzerland.